Can alloethism in workers of the bumblebee, Bombus terrestris, be explained in terms of foraging efficiency?

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• Publication year

  2002

• Venue

  Animal Behaviour

• Publication date

  2002-07-01

• Fields of study

  Biology

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  DOI 10.1006/ANBE.2002.3041
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